Jan 28 2009

Your Review: Skate 2 – The Age


The Age

Your Review: Skate 2
The Age – 6 hours ago
As revealed in my first post for the year, Screen Play's Your Turn series of blogs contributed by readers is expanding in 2009 to include game reviews.
EA's Skate 2 game review Crave Online
Review: Skate 2 (Xbox 360) GameFocus
VG-Reloaded.com
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Jan 28 2009

Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use – The Associated Press


Washington Post

Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use
The Associated Press – 6 hours ago
MONTREAL (AP) – Winter tests the patience of many iPhone users. After all, Apple Inc.'s device, like other gadgets with touch-screen technology, will work only with the touch of an uncovered finger.
Gloves have fancy fingers for touch-screen use Salt Lake Tribune
New gloves for touch-based smartphones Sync
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Jan 28 2009

Internet Users Top 1 Billion, Most of Them Asian – PC Magazine


Search Engine Watch

Internet Users Top 1 Billion, Most of Them Asian
PC Magazine – 26 Jan 2009
by Mark Hachman Internet metrics company comScore on Friday reported that the number of worldwide Internet users in December topped 1 billion users, the first time that barrier has been breached.
Internet hits major milestone, surpassing 1 billion monthly users Computerworld
Internet usage breaks through the billion barrier The Tech Herald
VNUNet.com – Bizjournals.com – ITProPortal – domain-B
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Jan 28 2009

Tesla Motors times it just right – The Gazette (Montreal)


The Gazette (Montreal)

Tesla Motors times it just right
The Gazette (Montreal) – 21 hours ago
When Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk announced at the Detroit auto show he had enough US federal funding lined up to pay for "the debut of the affordable electric car," few of those in attendance believed the boast.
Tesla announces Model S Concept, explains price hikes in town hall Motor Authority
Tesla buyers facing kit blow AutoExpress
TheCarConnection.com – Atlanta Journal Constitution – LeftLane News – Autocar
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Jan 28 2009

California joins in on privacy day – VNUNet.com


Canada.com

California joins in on privacy day
VNUNet.com – 2 hours ago
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a declaration which officially recognizes the second annual observance of the day. California is hardly alone in its privacy day push.
Data Privacy Day brings messages for Obama, consumers CNET News
Happy Data Privacy Day! Wall Street Journal
InformationWeek – InternetNews.com – TG Daily – BBC News
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Jan 28 2009

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington to take a break – San Jose Mercury News


AFP

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington to take a break
San Jose Mercury News – 42 minutes ago
By Scott Duke Harris The tech-news blogosphere is known to be a frenetic, unfriendly pressure cooker that has been suspected of causing heart attacks among practitioners.
Blogger Infighting Played a Role, Says TechCrunch Founder Wall Street Journal
Mike Arrington: Just a bit too important for startups? guardian.co.uk
Bizjournals.com – AFP – Los Angeles Times – Washington Post
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Jan 28 2009

Coming soon: Disk Encryption for All Computers

The largest drive manufacturers, including SSD vendors, have agreed on a single specification to encrypt all drives.

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Jan 28 2009

Gmail Well Behind Zimbra in Offline Email Accessibility

Google is pretty fast-moving, as company cultures go, rolling out new products on a regular basis. And yet its popular Gmail service is only just now getting around to providing offline e-mail access, a feature that open-source Zimbra has had for nearly two years.

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Jan 28 2009

63 Year Old Spied On Since She Was 10

You are never too young to be regarded as a potential subversive. Maire Leadbeater, now 63 and a long-time activist on peace issues, was an early target because her parents, Elsie and Jack Locke, who were prominent members of the New Zealand Communist Party and community activists.

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Jan 28 2009

I thought you guys said there was eucalyptus here (PIC)

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